4 GEOLOGICAL MEMOIRS. 



shown in many other localities in the Alps. The Liassic rocks seem 

 to lie beneath the more ancient limestones and dolomites of the 

 Traunstein ; then in descending order come the Upper Cretaceous 

 deposits ; next follow the Eocene Nummulitic green saindstones, and 

 lastly the Plysch of the Griinberg, which is nnconformably overlain 

 by the Glacial drift. The whole of the Vienna sandstone of this 

 locality is evidently newer than the Eocene Nummulitic green sand- 

 stones, and consequently corresponds to the Elysch of the Swiss 

 geologists. [Count M.] 



On a Palm from the Beown-coal of Eibiswald, in Styeia. 



By D. Stue. 



[Proceed. Imp. Gaol. Instifc. Yienna, July 31, 1868.] 



This fossil is the central portion of a large leaf. The rhachis, which 

 is flattened by compression, bears fifteen pinnse, but shows no trace 

 of spines ; its length is 14 inches, its breadth -^ inch. Three other 

 pinnae lie on the same block in such a position as to place their 

 former connexion with the rhachis beyond doubt. The pinnse on 

 the left side are preserved to a length of from 3 to 4 inches, those 

 on the right side to a length of from 10 to 15 inches ; but in all 

 eases the apices are wanting. The distance from pinna to pinna is 

 from 1 J inch to 2 inches ; the upper ones are alternate, and the 

 lowest pair nearly opposite. They are linear-lanceolate in shape, 

 the lowest pinna measuring 2 inches in its widest part. The chief 

 nerve is prominent, with three secondary nerves on each side, of 

 which the central one is somewhat stronger than the other and more 

 delicate intermediate nerves. The margin of the pinna is fringed 

 with little spines of about -J inch^in length. The whole bears a 

 striking resemblance to the Silhetan species Calamus erectus, Roxb., 

 and may be provisionally placed in the genus Calamus, L., under the 

 name Calamus Mellingi, n. sp., in honour of its discoverer, Mr. 

 Melling, the Superintendent of the Eibiswald coal-mines. 



[Count M.] 



On the Oldee Beown-coal Eloea of the Wetteeau (N. W. Ger- 

 many). By Prof. C. von Ettingshausen. 

 [Proceed. Imp. Acad. Vienna, April 30, 1868.] 



Theee are six different localities of this flora, which contains 229 

 species (104 being peculiar), and represents 60 natural orders and 

 123 genera. The greater number of Miocene forms is met with 

 at Miinzenberg, where the Australian types prevail over the Cupres- 

 sinecB, Ulmacece, and Juglandeoe. The tropical forms of the Aqui- 

 tanian period are represented by the genera Lygodium, Musophyl- 

 lum, Araliophyllum, and Ccesalpina. 



At Salzhausen these tropical forms are mixed with a greater pro- 

 portion of species characteristic of the warm temperate zone, and 

 with some few forms of the (Eningen and Lausanne deposits. 



[Count M.] 



